Crash Dive 1943  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty, Harry Morgan, Ben Carter, Charles Tannen, Frank Conroy, Florence Lake, John Archer, George Holmes
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Special Effects, this submarine/love story involves the captain (Dewey Connors) of the U.S.S. Corsair; his executive officer, Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power); and the woman, Jean Hewlett (Anne Baxter), who they both love. Tensions rise after the submarine arrives in New London, and Stewart learns that Connors is already engaged to Jean. Although the two must work together, when the submarine is ordered back to sea to take part in a secret mission, tensions reach new heights over both the war effort and Jean.
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Drums of Jeopardy 1931  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mark of Terror
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Warner Oland, June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes, Clara Blandick, Hale Hamilton, Ernest Hilliard, Wallace MacDonald, George Fawcett, Florence Lake, Mischa Auer, Ann Brody, Murdock MacQuarrie
The crazed Dr. Boris Karlov (Warner Oland) travels across Czarist Russia and into the United States as he attempts to take revenge on the Petrov family who he believes is responsible for his own daughter's untimely death.
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Quality Street 1937  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Eric Blore, Fay Bainter, Bonita Granville, Joan Fontaine, Cora Witherspoon, Estelle Winwood, Florence Lake, Helena Grant
This is a good film adaptation of a James Barrie play about Phoebe Throssel (Katharine Hepburn) who pretends to be her own niece in an effort to regain the love of a man who has been absent from her life for 10 years.
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San Diego I Love You 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Jon Hall, Louise Allbritton, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Buster Keaton, Irene Ryan, Peter Miles, Chester Clute, Charles Bates, Florence Lake
Philip McCooley (Edward Everett Horton) has invented a collapsible raft that he thinks will help the war effort. While caring for his family, with the help of daughter Virginia (Louise Allbritton), he also attempts to sell his invention. Virginia helps out with selling, and one of her potential customers is the rich owner (Jon Hall) of a research institute. Funny, with good acting, especially Allbritton. Great sketch by Buster Keaton.
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Westward Passage 1932  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Milton
Cast: Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts, Juliette Compton, Irving Pichel, Edgar Kennedy, Bonita Granville, Ethel Griffies, Don Alvarado, Florence Lake
To attain true happiness, Olivia Van Tyne (Ann Harding) must decide between marriage to Nick (Laurence Olivier) or Harry (Irving Pichel).
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| 1. Crash Dive (1943)
2. Drums of Jeopardy (1931)
aka: Mark of Terror
3. Quality Street (1937)
4. San Diego I Love You (1944)
5. Westward Passage (1932)
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